The Pear Tree Pomes
Kiyooka, Roy / Bolduc, David
Delicate poems and images show a sturdy pear tree and a fading love in this lost classic.Written after the end of a relationship, there's a persistent and gentle sadness among The Pear Tree Pomes, coloured by the intimacy of his awareness of a pear tree and its constancy. Coupled with illustrations by influential abstract painter David Bolduc, these delicate poems are part nature study, part ekphrasis, and part eulogy to recently ended romance...